John Ryan's family subscribed to the Irish World, a newspaper on Ireland for those living outside that country. Ryan writes that the Irish World "was widely read and began coming into our house when I was eleven years of age, about a year after it was established." He continues, "One could not read the Irish World week after week without acquiring an interest in and love of economic justice, as well as political justice. And a great deal of the material which appeared in its pages on the former subject had specific reference to American conditions." Quotes from Social Doctrine in Action, 8. Image courtesy the Irish World.